Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Greatest Hits CD

I chose to do my first DS106 on music and design. This project was actually a whole lot harder than it looks. I had to do a bit of researching and a lot of "musical research" which I enjoyed. My project is on The All-American Rejects, one of the more consistent bands of the decade. They are also one of the only 10 plus year bands without a greatest hits album to date. This project was a joy and I recommend it to everyone who enjoys music.

CD COVER

Track List

Dirty Little
Secret-(3:13)

Swing Swing-(3:52)

Gives You
Hell-(3:33)

Move Along-(3:58)

Stab My Back-(3:09)

Night Drive-(3:23)

It Ends
Tonight-(4:04)

Top of the
World-(3:26)

Fallin' Apart-(3:27)

I Wanna-(3:29)

Real World-(4:03)

Change Your
Mind-(3:38)

Can't Take It-(2:52)

Straitjacket Feeling-(3:37)

Back To Me-(4:31)

Mona Lisa (When the
World Comes Down)-(3:15)

The Last Song-(5:00)

BIO

The All-American
Rejects are a pop punk that was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999.
The band was formed by bassist/lead vocals Tyson Ritter and
guitarist/keyboard/programmer Nick Wheeler. The band later added
guitarist Mike Kennerty and drummer Chris Gaylor to replace Tim
Campbell as main band members. The bands clam-to-fame was in 2003
with the song “Swing, Swing.” The song was an international hit,
and also was placed in other media outlets. The band released their
breakout album after their self titled album. The album “Move
Along” soon went gold showing the true potential of the band. After
touring on Van's Warped Tour they released “When the World Comes
Down” which derived from a lyric in the hit song Mona Lisa (When
the World Comes Down.) The band also had similar success with the hit
song being “Gives You Hell” being the anchor for the album. In
late march TAAR released “Kids in the Street” which looks to have
a promising future.

AAR used to be one of my favorite bands. They have definitely had major success over the past decade. I feel like I knew them better when they first came up. I haven't paid much attention to them since.